Committee investigates low carbon technologies
10 June 2009 (updated on 22 April 2010)
The Energy and Climate Change Committee looks into low carbon technologies in a green economy on at 9.45am.
- Video and Audio: low carbon technologies in a green economy evidence session
- Energy and Climate Change Committee
Giving evidence will be Andrew Simms from the New Economics Foundation and Douglas Parr from Greenpeace.
The inquiry covers many issues, includings:
- What opportunities exist for the creation of a green new deal whilt pursuing a low carbon economy?
- Which technologies have the biggest potential? Has the Government done enough in its stimulus package?
- How realistic are the Committee on Climate Change’s projections for the use of different types of new technologies?
- What is needed to achieve the development and deployment of them?
- What are the most important drivers, nationally and internationally, for a low carbon economy in the UK? To what extent do the outcomes of the international negotiations at Copenhagen matter?
- How important is it to the UK economy that it becomes a leading developer and exporter of low carbon technologies?
- What Government policy needs to be in place to do this?
- What is the potential role for public procurement and policies such as the 2016 zero carbon homes target in driving investment, development and job creation?